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The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14
Attempt to Commit a Forgery.

Attempt to Commit a Forgery.
The Son Of Respectable Citizen Of Salem
Accused.
On the evening Of the 7th, the fol
lowing telegram was received by Sher
if Lesesne from Kingstree: "Arres'
C. H. Shembrell or any one calling al
express Office for money package from
A. J. Salineas & Son Oh draft from
BENJAMIN Bros" J. A. KELLEY.
By the next mail MI. n. A. Hall re-
ceived this letter which explains the
telegram:
n. A. Hall, Esq, Manning, S: c.
DEAR SIR: Am informed by A. J.
Salineas & Son, of Charleston, S. G.,
party by name of G, S. Chembrel has
sent draft parporting to be drawn
by US on A. J. Salineas & Son for sum
of $3.50, that he has sent them the
draft, asking OF them to forward the
package of money to Manning, S. G.
This draft is forgery. In the inter
est OF law and order, take the necessa-
ry steps and have arrested any one
who calls at express Office in that name
for that amount of money. Move
quietly in the matter and advise US
by telegraph.
Very truly, BENJAMIN Bios,
per Hirsch.
The telegram and letter was caused
by some one giving his name as c. &.
SchembreN attempting to forge Draft
of BENJAMIN Bros, Of Aingstree, On A.
J. Salineas & Son, OF Charleston. The
draft was sent by mail with letter di-
recting the Messrs. Salineas to ex-
press the money to Manning. i"ls
request aroused suspicion and Benz a
min Bros were telegraphed, and the
forgery discovered. Immediately the
notifications above were sent out. The
matter was kept quiet AID nothing oc-
CURED until Saturday when man en-
tered the depot, thinking the express
Office was there, and asked for an OK
press package for c. Il. SchembreA
lie was told where to find the officer
and Mr.. Hall, the depot agent, hasten
ed up town to notify the sheriff. He !:
did not go directly to the express Of
fee and the sheriff arrested him IN a
crowd on the square fronting the
Courthouse. The sheriff says be ac-
costed him as Mr.. .Schembrell and he
seemed very much startled and said
his name was D. A. Reardon. He was
carried first to the guard-house and
from there conveyed to tie county
iail, where he now is awaiting war
rant from Charleston.
Reardon denies all knowledge OF the
forgery and says he was asked by a
man stranger, whom he had never
seen, to enquire at the express Office
for a package for G. II. Schembre1.
He said he was to keep the money
until the man called for it. His tale
is very confused and contains no ex-
planation unless he can find the miss
inc Schembrell. NJ. j. Hirsch, Esq,
and Mr.. Benjamin, of kingstree,
were in town Monday for the purpose
of holding preliminary in Reardon's
case, but the trial justice here very
properly refused to sit III the matter
as the locus an quo of the crime is In
Charleston county.
Reardon is the son of Mr.. Daniel 3.
Reardon, very respectable citizen OF
Salem, who has the warmest sympa-
thy of our citizens in his distress.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14

The BarHwell People argues, and
rightly too, that the best way to tel!
.the best county is to look at the ad-
vertising columns of the county pa
Der
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14

keeps larger Merchandise than other retail 1T
the State outside the city of Charleston His stock at present lar
ger Manning. He large
N the cargo and thus always obtains the LOWEST Fa
The natural conclusion from this that be sels
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14
Willie Burke a Fixture.

The desirable Stallion, ''Willie Burke,
having been purchased by R. c. and J. N
Richardson, will continue to stand at Pano-
la until the first OF December 1877, and after
th..t time, will be found at Fulton, in fine
fix for the spring season. For particulars
apply to either party. Terms, cash IN ad-
vance.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14
Dry Goods s.! Dry Goods !!

Silks san cahmeres Rplen Popins variety styles
Of Ladies
Flnnes,C large and well selected
stock Of Hosiery fnnine of Notions SILK Handker
ETC. full tnentof
Piece Goods, consisting Of Broadcloths, Doe
SKINS Cassimeres, Jeans ETC. impossible to give IL
this limited space even idea ofwhat might be found
in this department. Whatever you want is here:
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14
Boots and Shoes

No better testimonials could given public than
keep line kept
all
and Inakea speciality Of Ladies and Gents
Hand SeWed SHOES
uaaon tee ssasfscaon buying
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14

Fine Strawberry Plants for sale
SO cents o hundred.
JOIN 4. BURGESS
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-12-14
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

One Year, in Advance $3.50, or $500 at
the Expiration Of Six Months.
Advertisements Square, hrst IN
sertion, S1.00.
Each subsequentinsertion. Soc.
re- Contract Advertising at redoceo
ates.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
The Rich Growing Richer.

Near the close OF 1885 there died in
New York city a citizen of that place,
who lett to his children a fortune esti-
mated al $l62, 900, 900, besides making
a number of minor bequests 1t will
help US to form an idea of the magni-
tlde of this sum If we consider that II
would have suf1ced to give Christ
mas present of $40 to every inhabi-
tant of the city, OF at the rate of 500
To every family of five persons, sup
posing the. population at that time to
have been l, 100000. A political COM
mittes of one hundred, appointed in
the same city in October last, coin
prised eight members whose estimated
wealth reached an aggregate of some
what more than $500. 600, 900, and at
least two of the most colossal fortunes
were unrepresented in this number.
Estates rising into the tens OF millions
are to be found in various other cities,
and, taking the country through, one
might designate twenty-five persons
whose united wealth, according TO
current estimates, is not less than two
thirds of a billion dollars, or about
per cent. of the total wealth of the
United States, supposing this to have
increased even 90 per cent since the
census of 1880. Were all the property
in the country held in equally large
amounts, the whole would barely
suffice for $500 proprietors; or, sup
posing these to have families averag-
ing four persons each besides them
selves. it would supply population
trifie larger than that of the little town
of Yonkers.
There are no authentic statistics
showing the distribution of property
among different portions of our people.
but whatever the facts may be as to
the comparative diffusion of such
wealth as is held by the classes outside
the circle of the extremely rich, il will
hardly be disputed that the latter now
hold much larger proportion of the
total wealth OF the country than was
held by like percentage of the peo-
pie twenty-five or thirty years ago, for
the proofs that this is the case lie
upon the surface and thrust themselves
upon general observation. Moreover,
see no reason to believe that the
tendency to increasing accumulation II
at the upper end of tile possessorv
scale has reached or is approaching its
limit. A great fortune, With ordinarily
careful management. possesses an enor.
nous power OF accretion. Even when
in good securities, al a very
moderate rate of interest, fortune
that rises into the millions affords
ample means of making yearly adj
ditions to- principal. Ii invested in
real estate in any of our growing cities.
it yields increasing income from decade
to decade as the land advances in
value. putting it in the power of the
owner to lay aside an Increasing sur
plus; while, in the hands of a shrewd |
speculator, not overscrupulous in his |
dealings, its power of increase may be |
still greater. In January. 1880, the |
New York Commercial -ddoertiser re. |
ported the rumored additions during |
the preceding year to ten or twelve OF |
1.-The great fortunes identified with |
Wall street 1T $50. 900, 900. Forum.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
Filling Holes In Woodwork.

A correspondent of a mechanical
paper who has evidently had exper-
ience in a cabinet-making shop. rec
ommends sawdust or raspings of hard
and soft wood for iilling the cracks
and worm holes in old furniture.
learned their value. he SAYS, In my
younger days from the oriental car
penters. You should sift them through
wire guaZe. Put each separately ia a
box with label and you are always
ready for a sudden job. I have
another box for bits of every kind of
wood. For 4 crack. a wOrm-eaten
hole, or deep flaw, prepare the proper
dust, by the admiXture of brickdust in
Hour (also kept ready. or whiting or
ocher. or ahy required tint. Then
take well-cooked glue, and on house
plate stir 1t i'll slowly while hot, with
sufficient powder for your work. Dab
the hole or crack with your glue brush,
then with putty knife stir about the
mixture on the plate, taking care you
have the color. When sure on this
point. take some of the cement on the
end OF the knife and insert IL in the
desired place Then use as much
pressure as you possibly can with the
blade, and keep smoothing at it.
Sprinkle u lIttle of the dry powder on
the spot. When thoroughly dry, sand
paper the surface with All old used
piece, so as not to abrade the joint
You can then varnish the mending.
Where weevil and wood worms have
devonred the furniture, cautiously cut
out the part till sound place is
reached Poison the wood with a
solution of sulphate of copper injected
into the hollow Let it dry. Cut an
angular piece of same wood from your
board, and with sharp chisel make
a suitable aperture for its reception.
FIX it with glue. When thoroughly
dry, work with carving tools or rasp
and glass, scraping till the new bit of
work exactly matches the old,
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

nor in the sea currents. 1t would
presently strike the Gulf Stream.
Floating on that sea current it would
take a northerls direction until it
reached the 40th parallel, and then
would go due east, and as many a help
less craft since, would come within
sight of Spain and Africa But those
coasts being submerged. there would
be nothing to detect the current, but
1t Wonld pass over the plateaus of
Spain, into the Mediterranean, across
the lower part of Greece, then over
the plains of Asia Minor, and, still
holding the same parallel, strike Mount
Ararat The distance from Charleston
to Mount Ararat is 131 degrees of lati-
tude, say S.515 miles. The time the
ark was on the water was $50 days or
$500 hours. OF Cape Hatteras the
Gulf Stream has a velocity of two
miles an hour; this would leave her
very little to be overcome, if ANYTHING,
when We allow for the uninterrupted
flow which the current then had.
1t is not likely that animals would
be landed in any other than the lati-
tude to which they were accustomed.
They would determine the direction
OF the ark. The pathway of the ark
under this supposition had a blessing
in it. Between the 30th and 10th par
ailels have sprung the great philoso-
piers. warriors, statesmen, and dis
covers OF the race. including the
Savior, st. Paul, st. John, and thu
churches OF Asia Minor
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
She Took the Hen.

Young Mrs. Popiniay, at market for
the first time-Are you sure this chick
en- isn't an old HEMP 1t feels very
tough.
Marketman - | can assure you
ma'am, that fowl is very young.
Opening bill of the piped.) See--it
hasn't a single tooth yet.
Mrs. Pepinjay takes the hsR.-RsT-
ksGteR Efas Hfsss ----~-----------
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

Near Hamburg Bar, Cal, Willie
Nelson. aged 10 years. fell from an
apple tree and broke his arm III two
places. Placing the lad on a comfort
able bed in wagon the father drove
to the city, distance of forty miles,
to have the bones set The Journey
was made in the night. and when the
father in the morning went to remove
the boy from the bed he was dead A
small bone had pierced an artery and
the boy had bled to death.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

The Grant memorial fund in New
&esk 9sw sRsgats 70 $a,S9Qs =
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
Too Late.

In dust Of roses in an antique Jar,
os WIN rare sweet & sayors round and Ger it
find letter by woman writ.
No ghost could make me shudder at the
OF this poor missive all so long unseen,
Wherein read of all my lost delight
And oil the sweetness OF what might have
been.
A womans face, q woman's tender touch.
A woInan'5 gentle voice and soft csress-
Yourself, my darling, whom loved so much,
All mine for but one poor unspoken pray'r
My taint lips might have uttered long ago
All lost !and , surely this is hard to bearl
hold the crumped sheet that tells it ALL
One dead sweet hour my dreaming thoughts
Made glad by whiaprIns leaves and song of
And in a green and shady woodland place
1 see the springs pale Gunshine on your
The matchless marble beauty of your face.
Beyond all other women's cold and fair.
Across dreary gulf of years and pain
You come radiant vision of the past,
And all unchanged, unwithered, still remain,
o love, as when looked upon you lastI
or ali the true deep love you could not
And poured my sours wild passion at your
Imight have heard your soft and whispered
But fool. and blind, did not dare to speak;
No render glance or word would fear allow
Because my love had made my heart so weak!
wrote my prayer, and read the fnswer-
nowi
Now-and waited, OH with what despair
In that dead time of bitter loss aud shame;
And while deemed my grief too hard to bear
You watched and wondered, and l never
came!
Some wayward chance, some pitiful mistake
All me, could eadder destiny appeary-
Two lives were ruined and two hearts might
break
This letter lay among the roses here!
Oh, cold and cruel irony of fate
That having held most precious gifts un-
seen,
Then mocks us with the bitter words, .'Too
late"
And hardest taunt of all. at might have
been?'
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

Mrs. Frances Hodson Burnett has
endured poverty and won fame and
prosperity by hard work and patient
endurance. Distress in Lancanshire
caused by our civil war led her family
TO emigrate to this country. She re.
ceived $35 for her first two stories.
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

cart is long. and time is heeting,s
remarked the young portrait-painter.
as he introduced his watch TO ths
paWphroker.-PacE. -
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01
G, ID. TNGELL,

@ ID. KNkS ELI,
A TTOAgNEX All LAW and Notary
~ Public. Onice in over Mrs. Smiths MILF
cry Store Mantua Stnti1n, Ohio. 51s-W
The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-12-01

Attorney and Counselor at Law possesses
superior facilities for making collections in
all parts of the United States: Otice over
First National Bank, Garrettsviiies Ohio.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-24
JAvANEsE PoIsoNs.
Llfc-Destroying Substances Obtained from
Trees and Shrubs.

Llfe-DestroyIng Substances Obtained from
Trees and Shrubs.
Java and the archipelago generally
is the center of poisons, animal and
vegetable. and no races are so prone
to make use of them as tho varied
tribes grouped under the general name
Of Malay. The "kris." or serpentine
dagger, which has become almost q
symbol of treachery and revenge. has
q terrible reputation; but from my own
observation, ! almost doubt II 1t is ever
poisoned at all in the real sense of the
word. The Malay never grinds the
kris. but is always rubbing the blade
with, green lemon, or the Juice of o
pineapple, mixed with orpiment
Tho effect at first is 10 remove the
rust. but thicker coat succeeds, and
in time rough damascene is formed,
with a notchy edge, and the effect of a
wound from weapon Of this
sort needs no explanation to any one
who has suffered from a rusty
nail or needle. The poison of the
sumpitan or blow-tube dart is, how
ever, very real. The Bataks, that
singular race inhabiting Central Suma-
ira. and the only known people who
combine cannibalsm with civilization
enough for written alphabetical
language, are very skillful in its use.
They obtain it from two sources-one
the upas tree and tho other an allied
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-24
Jay Gould's Daughter.

Nellie Gould Is one of the brightest
little ladies in the city. She has been
fully educated and is highly accom-
plished. She is an artist of no mean
ability and her collection of bric-a-brac,
which has been adorned by her pencil
and brush. has been greatly admired.
She dresses plainly, but richly and
when in town can be seen any after
noon driving through the park with
one of her brothers. She is probably
the richest heiress in America, and at
her fathers death will come in for
800, 900, 900 or 100000 900. Like her
mother, she is not too proud to wait on
herself, and there are no French maids
in the Gould establishment Mrs.
Gould and her daughter go shopping
the same as other women do and
return homo with their arms filled
with bundles. They dom mind riding
in horse cars and they don't put on
nearly as much style as the wife and
daughter of the groceryman who
serves them with the necessaries of
life.-M Y World
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-24
RoRRlNa The PRIEST.
AThlor Goes Willingly Into u Winc Collar
But Has TO Stay rhoro.

Thief Goes Willingly Into u Vino Collar,
But Has TO Stay rhoro.
Poo's grim story of the cask OF
A moniillado has Just been repeated
aerc without however, its tragic and
terrible ending A parish priest liv-
.ng in ono of tho little towns outside of
Paris discovered that while no was
officiating in his church on Sundays
some dishonest parishioner was en-
gagged in pillaging his private resi-
Hence. When NJ. 10 Cure returned,
for instance, to his modest mansion,
in company with his housekeeper and
his sacristan. after the midday mass,
no generally found that his wine-cellar
had been broken into; that various ar
ticles of apparel were missing from his
wardrobe, and that some OF his poultry
had been stolen.
He, therefore, asked stout and
trustworthy friend, who would stand
no nonsense, 10 keep watch and ward
over his belongings while he was alb
sent saying mass. Hardly had the last
sounds of the "church-going bell"
died away in the steople of the village
place of worship when the aforesaid
friend of the cure saw the end of lad
der over the top Of tho garden wall.
Immediately afterward appeared tho
head and then the whole body OF
parishioner, who, after having calmly
surveyed the situation from his coign
of vantage, let himself down into tho
garden by friendly cherry tree which
was close to him. When he arrived on
terra firma he was accosted, TO his
surprise, by the cures friend, who re-
marked, with n Machiavellian smile;
81 suppose you have come here on the
same job as mysolf-.o see what you
can take away, eh?" Exactly" said
the other. "Well. them" resumed the
priests private detective, 'let us go
down and have n drink in the wine
cellar; the cure has some rare vim
blanc. and it will just wet out appo-
tites for some of that foie-gras which
he keeps in his larder Q He knows how
to enjoy life, l warrant you, does our
parish priest!"
The real robber. whose appetite was
already sharpened by what he had
heard, acquiesccd and followed his
pseudo colleague, smacking his lips at
the prospect of the white wine. When
they arrived at the door of the cellar
the priests friend politely invited the
other to go down first. This he did,
and the ex-tempore detective then gave
his companion an unceremonious
shove down the steps, which sent him
roaring to the bottom, after which no
locked the door to the cellar The i'm
INJURED one was released about an hour
afterwards. only to be handed over to
the local gendarmes. Paris Cor. Lon
don TeLe0rdph
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-24
-s-s-e----
CONDENSED WISDOM.
Observations Made by a Shrewd Student
of Human Nature.

Observations Made by a Shrewd Student
ofHuman Nature.
Luck often makes us over-confident
The flirt sometimes falls in love
herself.
The arm of the law seems often out
of joint.
The hen that doesn't lay eats the
most corn.
The cramp often picks out the best
swimmer
The truest tale isn't always tho
most believed.
A pair of scissors must part before
they can meet.
The insolvont bank often has the
finest building.
The fire comes when the insurance
policy runs out
You can't Judge man by his own
recommendation.
To shake hands with an enemy
won't atone for wrong.
The man with the longest sword
often gets the worst Of it.
A table with three legs is often as
steady as one with four.
The fish that gets away always looks
as big as sea serpent
Good credit in business is often bet
ter than n fat bank account.
The man who drinks the most hasn' t
always the reddest nose.
Every lane has turn, but many Of
us get tired before we reach it.
p In thcs days of Opponents it is be-
coming rather risky TO furnish your
new house before the marriage cere-
mony has been performed.
When we haven't a penny we want
taffy; when We have the penny we
want house, and when we have
enough to buy house we want the
earth. Judge.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-11-24

species called tho "ringus," Tho juice
of this latter is most vrulent and
burns tho skin likI boiling oil. have
many timo seen coolies brought in
bowling dismNlly, with heads and faces
swollen 10 pantomimic s'zl from hav-
ing incauliously struck an axe into the
'ringus." Tho only way to attack 1t
is for the woodmcn TO give themselves
thorough coating of grease, and
even then the risk TO the eyes is so
great that it is generally allowed to
stand.
This trco probably gave rise TO the
fables about the upas ("upas" is Java
neso for poison of any kind). Tho upas
poison, however. requires 10 be used
quito fresh, as few hours exposure
to the air converts IL TO crumbly
black rosin, quito harmless. Another
poison is obtained from a species of
vine-bonring clusters Of bright fruit,
the size of a cricket ball, containing n
number of seeds in an intensely bitter
pulp. The effects of this are very
rapid. have seen the Balak creep
up, sumpitan in hand, to where n
troop of gibbons were yelling their
noisy chorus from a lofty tree-top. and
scarcely half n minute elapsed between
the dispatch of tho missive and tho
crashing fall of tho struck ape. Even
tho gigantic and formidable species OF
the ourang-outang, which haunts tho
forests of tho east coast falls para
lived by two or three of these tiny